Saturday 4 December 1971 at Molineux (Att 21,499)

Wolves (0) 2 (Dougan 61, Richards 77): Parkes, Shaw, Parkin, Bailey, Munro, McAlle, McCalliog (Hegan 85), Hibbitt, Richards, Dougan, Wagstaffe.
Huddersfield Town (1) 2 (J Lawson 30, Dolan 85): D Lawson, Clarke, Hunt, Jones, Ellam, Cherry, Mahoney (Fairclough 70), Dolan, Worthington, J Lawson, Chapman.

Referee: Mr R Crabb (Exeter).
Order of Goals: h,W,W,h.
Landmark: Mick Fairclough makes League debut.
Position: 8th.